Taphonomy of two Holocene penguin taphocoenoses in Potter Peninsula, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica ...

• Main Authors: Hospitaleche, Carolina Acosta, Gelfo, Javier N., Quaggia, Bruno, Reguero, Marcelo
• Format: Other Non-Article Part of Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Taylor & Francis 2022
• Subjects: Evolutionary Biology; FOS Biological sciences; Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified; Ecology; Sociology; FOS Sociology; Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified; Inorganic Chemistry; FOS Chemical sciences; 25 de Mayo; Guano; King George Island; Potter Peninsula; South Shetland Islands; West Antarctica; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.21395636; https://tandf.figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/Taphonomy_of_two_Holocene_penguin_taphocoenoses_in_Potter_Peninsula_South_Shetland_Islands_Antarctica/21395636

Abandoned rookeries belonging to any of the Pygoscelis species are very particular taphocoenosis, usually preserved due to the accumulations of bones, pebbles, and guano year after year in the same nesting area, that condense together with other biogenic material and form ornithogenic sediments. The...